The Collegian Reporter – Page 161

News / October 6, 2026 My Very Own Taste of Morningside

By Carter Gill – As the Morningside Mustangs faced the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers at the Homecoming football game this weekend, Morningside’s annual Taste of Morningside event kicked off with a selection of local Sioux City food and drink vendors. Vendors included: Sippin’ 712, Kai Thai, Morningside Beef, Blue Tequila on the Go, 2 Fire Smash...

News / September 30, 2026 ODK’s Into the Streets

By Doreen Mshana – Morningside University students recently took part in an exciting event called “Into the Streets,” sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), in Sioux City. This event aimed to help the community and encourage students to get involved. Through Into the Streets, students gain a deeper understanding of their local community and recognize...

News / September 30, 2026 Sports Management Class Aims to Level the Playing Field Through Experiential Learning

By Cameron Hamilton – In Katy Burford’s sports management class, the students are looking to improve and manipulate the game-changing factor of fan engagement and support. The class does this in cooperation with Morningside’s Pack the Stands events, held at specific home games for different sports throughout the year. Sports management is a relatively new...

News / September 30, 2026 Live-Posting Past Events, As If It Were Today

By RyAnne Steffen –If today’s social media were around for major events from the past, how would it appear? Would we be updated every hour, every minute, every second? Thanks to the X account @25YearsAgoLive (2001Live), we can now make an estimate of how those situations may have been handled. 2001Live, curated by Manny Marotta,...

News / September 18, 2026 Spanish Club Invites Morningside Students to Celebrate Latino Heritage in Siouxland

By Brayan Ramos – As September continues, the Siouxland community will have an opportunity to celebrate Latino heritage through a series of events connecting students, families, and community members through culture and education. The celebration began Wednesday, September 9, with the Spanish Club’s Spanish Film Festival at the UPS Auditorium at the Lincoln Center. The...

News / September 17, 2026 Sweet Corn Eating Contest

By Doreen Mshana – The Morningside Garden Club brought hands-on agriculture, community donation, and fierce student rivalry together last week during its second annual Sweet Corn Eating Contest at the Buhler outdoor theatre. This summer, AAFS interns planted sweet corn in the Cargill Outdoor Classroom. On September 9 students in AGRI classes 130, 234, and...

News / September 17, 2026 Klinger-Neal Theatre Receives Upgrades Thanks to Partnership with Lamb Theatre

By Carter Gill – Morningside University’s Klinger-Neal Theatre received a major facelift this summer with help from the new partnership with LAMB Theatre and their generous $1 million donation. These renovations bring massive improvements for theatre goers and students alike. Some of the biggest changes coming to Klinger-Neal are brand new state-of-the art technology, including...

Features, Morningside People

Students Help African Students Raise Money For College

(2.27.17) By Jaclyn Arens – Student entrepreneurs Sarah Sadler and Lauren Lennon are selling unique shirts to raise money to help two African students go to college, but they got their nonprofit business start in Haiti. Sadler and Lennon started their business, Revived Ministries, after volunteering in Haiti. Sadler says, “We met a little boy…

Arts & Entertainment

Hidden Figures Movie Review

(02.26.2017) By Liv Minshall — Hidden Figures is a film about three underappreciated female African American mathematicians behind NASA’s great Space Race in the early 1960s. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janella Monae star as Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Mary Jackson, respectively. The movie primarily follows Johnson (Henson) as she is (dis)placed into…

Morningside People

Morningside College’s First Australian Study Abroad Experience

(02.26.2017) By Rachel Potter — Morningside College student Allie Vanhouten was the school’s first student to study abroad in Australia, through a program called CIEE. Vanhouten studied at Wollongon, New South Wales, Australia living in dorms with a roommate, also an international student, from North Carolina. While Vanhouten was in Australia she took three classes, equivalent…

Features

How Students Spent Their Snow Day

(02.26.2017) By Rachel Potter — On Friday, February 24, Morningside College cancelled all classes. After speaking with students, not one could remember the last time Morningside canceled every class at once. Students love having a day off from classes, along with the free time for different actives, from sleeping in to catching up on homework. Molly…

Arts & Entertainment

Nintendo Fans Anticipate “The Switch”

(02.24.2017) By Liv Minshall — With one week until the release of Nintendo’s latest console, the Switch, the anticipation of gamers everywhere is practically palpable. Previously known by its working title, the NX, the Switch is Nintendo’s latest attempt to conquer both the handheld and home console market once again. This system is creating quite the…

News

Student Government Proposes a Change in Senate Size

(02.24.2017) By Rachel Potter — Morningside College’s Student Government is looking to decrease its senate size. Student Government currently has 27 senators and six executive seats. There are two representatives from each grade, three Roadman representatives, two Apartment representatives, five Dimmitt Representatives, one Plex Representative, and seven commuter representatives. Currently the Senate is considering two representatives…